M HKA gaat digitaal

Met M HKA Ensembles zetten we onze eerste échte stappen in het digitale landschap. Ons doel is met behulp van nieuwe media de kunstwerken nog beter te kaderen dan we tot nu toe hebben kunnen doen.

We geven momenteel prioriteit aan smartphones en tablets, m.a.w. de in-museum-ervaring. Maar we zijn evenzeer hard aan het werk aan een veelzijdige desktop-versie. Tot het zover is vind je hier deze tussenversie.

M HKA goes digital

Embracing the possibilities of new media, M HKA is making a particular effort to share its knowledge and give art the framework it deserves.

We are currently focusing on the experience in the museum with this application for smartphones and tablets. In the future this will also lead to a versatile desktop version, which is now still in its construction phase.

May I Help You?, 1991

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© Andrea Fraser. Image: M HKA

Collection: Collectie M HKA / Vlaamse Gemeenschap (Inv. no. BK7515_M354).

In the performance May I help you?, written and directed by Andrea Fraser, actors interpret the roles of curator, exhibition supervisor and visitors in a museum. Sometimes they directly face the viewer, sometimes they enter into conversation with a visitor. They talk about their preference for certain works and tell of their family and social backgrounds. The actors act out archetypical visitors and collectors like the rich, prudish female collector who ‘lunches with the Rockefellers’, a layman to art who ‘finds it pretty but doesn’t know anything about it’, and the pompous gallery owner. Inspired by the work of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, in this performance Andrea Fraser investigates which patterns play a role in cultural participation and domination. She addresses questions such as: who has access to art?, who can buy art?, why do people collect?, what determines the value of a work of art?

The work of Andrea Fraser is a nuanced critique on the relationship between artists, collectors and art institutions. She delves into the mechanisms behind today’s art trade. For this performance, Andrea Fraser works together with the artist Alan McCollum. His work 100 Plaster Surrogates forms the background for the performance. The black paintings of various formats are in fact plaster objects. The choice for this work is not accidental. With Plaster Surrogates, Alan McCollum wants viewers to think about uniqueness vis-à-vis mass production. His work reinforces the critical character of the performance. Andrea Fraser based the texts for this performance on publications about and interviews with collectors, and on sociological studies.

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> Andrea Fraser.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. M HKA, Antwerpen, 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.

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> Exhibition: Museum in Motion - Andrea Fraser. M HKA, Antwerp, 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.

> Exhibition: Museum in Motion. M HKA, Antwerp, 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.

> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.

> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.

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> Ensemble: Must Art Be?.

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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.

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> Ensemble: An Architecture for Art - Andrea Fraser.